Rector

(Full Time Stipendiary Appointment)


The eight parishes of the RVB near Oxford and alongside the River Ray are looking for our next Rector.

What RVB offers you

• Diverse and engaging parishes, presenting the opportunity (with fresh team) for collaboration and new ideas

• A 5-bedroom house in the quiet village of Charlton-on-Otmoor with CofE school, local farm shops, and great countryside walks, close to Oxford

• A PTO, who knows the area very well, based in the benefice

• Commitment to guard your time for rest and relaxation

• What you might bring/offer us…
  Be a spiritual and visible local presence with the ability to engage with both mature congregations and schools/ military personnel, showing sensitivity, adaptability and understanding

• Explore with us new ways of worshipping while honouring the traditional

• Be an ‘enabler’, fostering a sense of empowerment and participation

• Nurture and support training for laity to be authorised to minister in specific roles

For an informal discussion, please contact the Associate Archdeacon: [email protected]

For the benefice Profile, and to apply, please click the ‘apply for this job’ button below and click on the Diocese of Oxford.

Further information about the Diocese is available at www.oxford.anglican.org/

Closing date: 10th March 2025

Interviews: 3rd April 2025

DBS Enhanced Disclosure is required.